Map showing Bolivia. Photo/Smarttraveller
A bus fell 200 meters into a ravine, leaving 25 people dead after a collision involving two trucks, Bolivian police said on Monday.
The bus was attempting to overtake a truck on Sunday night when it crashed head-on into another to the north of La Paz, police chief Yuri Calderon said.
“That’s why the vehicle lost control and went over the cliff (falling) 200 meters” said Calderon, who initially gave a death toll of 17.
Highway patrol chief Fernando Rojas, cited by Fides news agency, revised that number soon afterward.
“We’re recovering the bodies, we’re talking now about 25 confirmed dead and 24 injured, who have been transferred to various hospitals,” said Rojas.
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, who is visiting Argentina, pleaded on Twitter for bus drivers to take more care.
“Very sad about the terrible accident that happened on the La Paz-Yungas road,” he wrote.
“Our condolences to the relatives of the deceased. To…
